Heel size selector



Dec. 26, 1950 c, w. LA|NG 2,535,296

HEEL SIZE SELECTOR Filed June 7, 1947 IN V EN TOR.

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wyfwz Patented Dec. 26, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My present invention relates to an improved heel size selector of the type designed especially for use by cobblers and shoe repairmen to save time and effort in selecting the proper size replacement heel for shoes.

conventionally the cobbler must guess at the size of the heel and then selects a size which he believes is correct. Many errors in selection of size waste time and increase the cost of the operation.

According to my invention the repairman may simply insert the heel of the shoe to be repaired in the size selector and thereby accurately determine the size of the replacement heel.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention according to the best mode I have thus far devised, but it will be understood that various changes and alterations may be made in the exemplified structure within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view at line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings I have illustrated the present preferred embodiment of my invention as comprising the sections 2 and 4 of sheet metal or other suitable material having offset end flanges 6 forming supports for the sections. As here shown a pair of sections may be secured together by means of bolts 8 located in the aligned apertures on flanges 6.

These sections are formed with pressed, or stamped recesses l2 of graduated size, the vertical walls It following the conventional heel curve, and the bottom Walls l6 forming a support for the heel placed therein. The front walls [8 are of shallow depth and are inclined upwardly at 20 toward the edge of the plate sections to facilitate the entry and removal of the heel.

An opening 22 is provided between the wall l8 and the Wall l6 so that debris may be dumped therethrough after accumulating while the device rests on the work bench.

In use the cobbler about to repair or replace the heel of a shoe will fit the heel into the proper size recess which may be suitably marked and then select the replacement heel according to the indicated size. No time or motion will be wasted and the usual guesswork will be eliminated.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A heel size selector comprising an integral elevated plate having depending end flanges and graduated depressions in the plate, said depressions each having a bottom wall vertical side walls and a vertical rear wall, a foreshortened vertical front wall, and an entry wall declining from the front edge of the plate and merging with the vertical front wall.

2. A heel size selector comprising an integral elevated plate having depending end flanges and graduated depressions in the plate, said depressions each having a bottom wall a foreshortened vertical front wall and a clean-out slot on the junction of the bottom wall and the vertical wall, and an entry wall declining from the front of the plate and merging with the front wall.

CHARLES W. LAING.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,025,255 Driver May 7, 1912 1,423,859 Lansill July 25, 1922 1,667,802 Homan May 1, 1928 2,018,106 Zahocliakin Oct. 22, 1935 

